Vaccination Key to Mitigating Deaths to Rabies in India

BALTIMORE, Jan. 13 -- A recent study has revealed a cost-effective approach of mitigating the number of death due to rabies.
Rabies accounts to 20,000 deaths in India. Of which of them are cases of children. Almost all of the deaths happen after sufferers are bitten by rabid dogs. However, officials have been debating the paramount approach to diminish this burden.
For the study, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Maryland (UM SOM) Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) scrutinized a variety of strategies targeted at stray dogs, counting vaccination as well as a combined therapy of vaccination and sterilization. They examined various dogs that were enrolled for the treatment so that they could discover the most resourceful range for the plan.
The findings of the study revealed that over the course of five years, vaccinating 200,000 stray dogs every year would reduce rabies occurrence by 90 percent. However, the researchers have projected that this strategy would cost about 1.27 million dollars yearly.
The findings were published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.